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- ↑ Gustafson, Ingrid, ed. (2007). Let's Go: Eastern Europe. Macmillan. p. 398. ISBN 978-0-312-37446-4 . Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ↑ "Aklieji nepasigedo neveikiančio muziejaus" (in Lithuanian). Kauno diena. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2011-04-05.